laughing so he asked him. Abraxas said to him, "Hey Emberson, those fish are not real! They are an image projection of the fish, I was playing joke on you! You can go back and enjoy the water and explore the bottom." Abraxas turned to go back to his fortress, he stopped for minute and turning says, "And don't go to the ocean, there is something that you cannot survive against yourself." Emberson went back into the lake to explore more, knowing that there was no piranha fish in there, but wondering about the ocean. Emberson dropped that thought and explored more.

As Emberson's head submerged beneath the surface he noted a quick tug of the lake current, in fact, off to his left it seemed to be a little self contained whirlpool.

From the shore Abraxas saw a swirl in the water, then a splash as a body vaulted out of the water directly towards the shore.

Landing like a pile of wet clothes, the being sunk a bit into the sand. Emberson's surprised face appeared once more above the surface.

"What is that?" Emberson cried.

"Seems to be the attire of one from Midia," Abraxas replied approaching the robed figure.

"MMppfh," said Gackmasta, pulling the robes from his face. With a rolling of his eyes and a look of chagrin, he untangled himself and stood.

"Seems I hit a bit of a temporal warp, never mind me, I'll take a walk and wait until time catches up. See you soon."

Gackmasta walked off to the East.

In a flash of light, a corridor between worlds opens up and a black dragon and rider pass through. Circling above a mighty fort, Shark glides on the back of his mount. Seeing there is a large courtyard in the midst of the fort, Shark decides to land. The dragon gently touches down and rider dismounts. Sending his steed off to play with the green tigers and the other dragon, Shark feels a strange feeling. One he has not felt in a long time, "Palladin! Is that the constellation of Pallidin I feel? Abraxas! Where are you? Bring me the maps of your skies! My powers seem to be returning. I feel the sky's of my home world, Kyrnn!" as Shark bursts through the open embattlements of the palaces entrance.

"Welcome Shark," said Abraxas as he fetched the maps to Shark so he could see where he was.

"Now I need my old maps. I think I can pull this off. I need a lanyard to use as a staff." and Shark walks over to the stand for banners over by the wall and selects a lanyard that was being used to hold up a banner. Shark turns and straightens himself out and taps the lanyard on the ground and small sparks come from where the staff met the ground but nothing happened. "Something is not quite right. Let me try it again." says Shark and taps the staff on the ground again. This time the lanyard starts to glow. Brighter and brighter it becomes and the glow starts to envelop Shark. With a blinding flash Shark is transformed, or should I say his armor is transformed, "This is a little trick I figured out back home. It came in handy when we were ambushed and striped of our weapons." as Shark is now standing there in a brilliantly shinny set of plate armor that he hadn't been seen in since he first got to Midia. "I sure hope that everything is still here." as shark searches through the secret